Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work. – Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there’s this natural human tendency because of our culture to think that the more people I talk to, the bigger the impact I’ll have, and yet Jesus didn’t spend His time just speaking to the masses. He spent the bulk of his time with a small group of people. – Francis Chan
I always direct next to the camera and watch my actors, and so you can see the small things that you can’t see on the small screen but you can definitely see on the big screen. – F. Gary Gray
The reason I actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton. Everybody was telling me why I shouldn’t run: I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level. – Nikki Haley
My eyes are too small, and they’re too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?! – Mamie Gummer
My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don’t know what it’s like to yearn for the big city from a small town. – Daniel Radcliffe
I had not even thought of running for president until one day in 1991, at a small fund-raiser, completely unanticipated, someone stood up and said, ‘Hey, Mario, in all the years we’ve supported you, we’ve never heard you talk about the presidency, and we want to know why not.’ – Mario Cuomo
One of the roles I hold really close to my heart is a small ‘under-five’ role I did on ‘The Young and the Restless.’ I think I did about four episodes and it meant so much to me, simply because it was my mom’s all-time favorite soap. – Emayatzy Corinealdi
Ages ago, when I published ‘Amelia’s Notebook,’ I’d sent it to traditional publishers I’d been working with, but nobody knew what to do with it. Tricycle was this small publisher who didn’t know any better, and they took a chance. – Marissa Moss
I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist. – Mary Meeker
Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a child. He was once small. A sense of smallness forms a substratum in his mind, ineradicably. His triumphs will be measured against this smallness; his defeats will substantiate it. – Erik Erikson
Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out there with my grandmother, didn’t want to get away from around her too far. – Muddy Waters
President Obama and a small team of senior national security officials were in the unusual position of acting as al-Awlaki’s jury, judges, and de facto executioners. – Peter L. Bergen
Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. – David Lloyd George
In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess. – Ellen Gilchrist
Go out and find a copy of ‘The Shrinking Of Treehorn’ and its sequel, ‘Treehorn’s Treasure.’ Written by Florence Parry Heide and illustrated by the great Edward Gorey, master of the gothic and the macabre, these books are small masterpieces. – Chris Riddell
Beware of politicians who tell you they’ll do all these wonderful things for you for only a small tax increase. Those tax increases are never as small as you might imagine, and the benefits are always smaller than promised and/or imagined. – Fabrizio Moreira
As I sat in a small room constructing what seemed to me awkward sentences and paragraphs, McCone was out having exciting adventures. – Marcia Muller
With the computer and stuff, the difference between a rich guy and a poor guy, to me, is nothing. Because I don’t like big houses, I don’t drive a car, so you know, I just live in a small apartment and I have my computer, which is really cool. – Norm MacDonald
Hollywood is a small town, believe it or not. I see the same people over and over, so it’s not that overwhelming or crazy as you might think. – Mark Salling
The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small. – Nikita Khrushchev
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. – Napoleon Bonaparte
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources. – Matthew Simpson
I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there’s always the town gossip – ‘Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?’ So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut. – Garrett Hedlund
Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed. – Chellie Pingree